TMNT and Justice League do not belong to me. Just the Turtle kids & Co.

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Layla searched the entire warehouse from top to bottom, even while all the goons were on high alert since she'd mysteriously managed to disappear. She found her belt, mask, katanas, and shell cell. But no Toby. They must have taken him somewhere else. But where?

She cowered in a shadowy corner, her skin and shell black, as one thug ran past her hiding place. They were getting too close for comfort. She had to get out. Now.

But how the shell was she going to do that? All of the entrances were being watched. Unless she went up to the roof. She'd already been up there once while she'd searched for her cousin. None of the other buildings were close enough for her to jump onto. The only way off was a black helicopter. And Layla was not Delaney. There was no way that she'd be able to fly that thing. It was probably booby-trapped anyway. No one in their right mind would dare leave a helicopter unguarded like that. Unless they weren't in their right mind.

Leo's daughter shivered. Just thinking about Batman's rogues, and whichever one might have Toby, sent a chill up her spine. She seriously hoped that it wasn't the Joker. She'd always been terrified of him, even though he'd always got beat by Batman in the end.

Her shell cell buzzed quietly for just a quick second. But it was enough to nearly make Layla jump out of her shell. I completely forgot about using my phone! I've got to be the stupidest turtle in existence!

That buzz had been too quick, which meant that someone hadn't tried to call her. Someone, most likely Delaney, had turned Layla's tracer on. Which meant that at least one of her cousins was still okay and was coming for her.

The silvery-blue masked turtle looked around her and there wasn't a goon in sight. But, being that one just passed her less than a minute ago, she wasn't about to take her chances. The safest place to hide while she tried calling Delaney was on the roof. She just hoped that none of the guards had gone up there while she'd been searching for Toby.

As Cade went hysterical on the other end, Delaney's phone started beeping. Someone was trying to call her. Please let it be Toby and Layla. A quick glance at the screen confirmed that it was her shapeshifting cousin. Hallelujah! One down, one to go.

"I gotta go, Cay. Layla's trying to call me. I'll call you back in just a minute."

"You'd better," Cade growled and her end of the line went dead. Cade was nothing if not pragmatic. She knew when it was time to put on the brakes. Even if she made it clear that she'd much rather keep going full throttle.

Delaney switched over, "Little Fearless, is that you?"

"Laney! Thank goodness! Are you okay? Where are you?"

"Calm down, Layla. Yes, I'm fine. So, is Cade. I don't know exactly where I am, but I do know where I am in relation to where you are."

"Good, I guess. I managed to get away, but I'm stuck on the roof. There's no way out of this warehouse. And they're getting real close to finding me again." Layla sounded panicked.

"Okay, calm down. I'll figure something out."

"Laney, I searched the entire place for Toby and I didn't find even a single trace of him!" The mint green turtle was frantic now. "They must have taken him somewhere else. Or he's-"

"I know he's not there. His tracer's showing up at the opposite end of the city. But I'm sure he's fine. Probably scared witless," Delaney interrupted. She didn't want Layla to finish that thought. The thought that had begun to gnaw at her mind too. Toby had better be okay. Or a whole bunch of goons were going to Arkham in pieces. Okay, now I sound like Uncle Raph and Cade. Perspective, Delaney. Focus. Find a way to get Layla out, then you can figure out how the shell you're going to get Toby.

Okay, how am I going to get Layla out? Probably best if I get Cade to convince Batman to do it. He'll be able to use his Batwing to pick up Layla. That is, if the thing's in working order right now.

"Layla, I need you to hold on for as long as you can. I'm gonna call Cade again and let her and Batman know where you are. I'll call you back as soon as I'm done talking to them, okay?" She tried to her best to keep her voice reassuring.

"Okay, but tell them to hurry! I can hear them getting closer!"

"Delaney, is Layla okay?" Cade asked, not even bothering to greet her cousin when she called back. Laney would understand. Their cousins' safety was the priority here.

Flash was fidgeting nervously, obviously trying to decide whether or not he should try to comfort her. And the gaze that Batman was directing at her wasn't hostile anymore. He could see how worried she was about her cousins. Cade had never been one to hide her emotions. Like her mother, she just wasn't capable of it. Especially when her younger cousins' lives were on the line. Like right now.

"She's fine, Cay," Delaney soothed. Shell, she's just like her mom and dad. How the shell can she be so calm right now? "She just needs someone to pick her up from a warehouse rooftop. You got her coordinates on your phone?"

Oh yeah, Dummy! I'm such an idiot! I told Batman about the tracer and I didn't even bother to turn it on! Quickly, Cade hit a button on the side of her phone, "I do now."

"Okay, then you can get your new friends to go after her."

"How come you can't?" Cade was bewildered. Yes, Delaney always took her time to plan things out, but Cade had never known her genius cousin to refuse a mission like this. Especially since Layla's life was on the line right then.

"'Cause, number one, I've got no way of getting her out of there. I'll just end up a prisoner with her. Number two, I've got my own prisoner to mind right now."

Cade badly wanted to ask Delaney what the shell she was talking about and why her genius cousin was holding someone hostage, but that would have to wait. "Okay, I'll call you when we've got her."

"Alrighty. I've gotta call Layla and let her know that help is on the way. Don't forget to pick me up too, 'kay?" And the line went dead.

"Well?" Batman asked, arching a brow.

"Yeah, Cade, are your cousins okay?" Flash asked zipping closer and laying a hand on her shoulder. The sudden movement almost made her punch him out of reflex. Almost. Wally was gonna have to knock that out soon or he'd probably end up with a broken nose. Cade was well aware that she wasn't known for pulling her punches.

Cade sighed and pinched the bridge of her beak, "Delaney is. And Layla is too, for the moment." She plowed on before either of them could ask. "Layla's cornered on the roof of some warehouse by..." she looked down at the tracking display on her phone. "By the river, it looks like."

"I know exactly what you're talking about," Batman said gruffly. But he wasn't moving. "Flash, I need you to go to the abandoned warehouse at the docks. The one that we raided last week. Bring 'Layla' back here."

Cade grinned as Flash nodded and disappeared. "Layla will flip out. He's one of her favorites." She raised her eye ridges at Wayne, "Let me guess. The Batwing took some damage recently, huh?"

His benign gaze turned to another scathing glare and Cade just chuckled, rolling her eyes.

"No. Flash, for obvious reasons, is the best suited for a quick extraction. And we still have to find 'Delaney' and 'Toby.'" By the way he said her cousins' names, Cade knew that he still was wary of the four of them. But, since he'd sent Flash off by himself, she knew that Batman believed that they weren't going to try anything. He was just being wary out of habit now.

Cade resisted the urge to roll her bright green eyes again. Instead, she went cat-eyed as she looked back at the screen of her phone. "Well... I think she's..."

"I thought you knew everything about Gotham," he said scornfully.

She looked up and growled at him, "You know, for the World's Greatest Detective, you sure are slow on the uptake, Bats. I said I know just about everything about you. Not Gotham. And if you wanna be so smug, then you can figure this out." Cade shoved the phone at him after she thumbed Toby's tracer off. They still had no idea who had their younger cousin. She could hear Grandpa Splinter in the back of her mind, advising her to be cautious with one of those hard to understand Japanese proverbs that he'd loved so much.

Batman took one quick look at the phone. "Crime Alley, by the theater," he said, not meeting her eyes. He turned and she followed him to the Batmobile. Cade didn't even bother getting mad. She knew this upset him. Where Delaney's tracer was sitting was almost right on top of the spot where his parents had been murdered. Bruce avoided that place if he could, whenever he could, only going there once a year with Leslie Thompkins.

And Cade was suddenly ambushed by grief over Grandpa Splinter. She still hadn't really cried for him yet. But she couldn't afford to now. Her cousins were counting on her. She was their leader and she would not let them down.

"Look, Bats, if you don't want to go there, I can have Laney meet us somewhere else." She stubbornly met the glare he directed at her. He didn't like talking about his past, and Cade was getting dangerously close to that subject. But she didn't care. "You're not the only one who's lost someone, Bruce," she finished, angrily buckling her seat belt. She was too mad and upset to even think about freaking out over getting to ride in the infamous Batmobile. Not that she would have anyway. Freaking out was Toby's department. Cade hoped that he was okay. Either way, she knew that he had to be scared out of his mind. Like Uncle Mikey had been when he was a teenager, Toby was always the first one of them to freak out. And over the littlest things too. Too much sugar in his diet and too many B-rated monster movies.

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